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Meral ErtuncSuper Trainer is Super Fit at age 47 February 2010 / Performance Press1-800-344-3404Photos by Rafael illo.com“I have been able to consistently generate significant results for all typesof clients. To obtain results for different people with completely different wants and needs, I think it comesdown to this: everyone is the sameat a certain basic physiological level– yet everyone is totally different.”Asked to amplify on this seeminglycontradictory thought, Meral offeredan answer that was both general andspecific. “Everyone is the same inthat each person needs to engage insome form of resistance training andsome form of cardiovascular training. Each person needs to practicea regimented approach towards dietand nutrition. Everyone is differentin that background, personal circumstance, available time, physicallimitations and ability mean that everyone needs and deserves a customized training and nutrition program– one that takes into account personalPhoto by Stephanie CaitsMeral Ertunc has been thecover person for the ParrilloPerformance Press on threeseparate occasions: in 1994 Meralfirst graced the PPP cover and created a sensation amongst our readers.Her unique combination of muscle,symmetry and sultry looks made hera standout amongst standouts. Hersecond cover appearance occurredin September of 2006 and again shewas sensational, displaying curves,muscle, leanness and perfect proportionality. The issue you are currentlyreading marks her third appearance.Meral Ertunc is a longtime fitnessprofessional and owner of a wildlysuccessful private personal trainingfacility, Bodylines by Meral, locatedin Orlando, Florida. The diminutiveErtunc stands 5 foot 2 inches and wasborn in Turkey. She has been successfully renovating clients for decades.“I am proud to say that some of myclients have been with me for fifteenyears. I train all ages and all types;my youngest member is fourteen andmy oldest member is a youthful 85.”Successful fitness professionals understand that in order to survive andprosper you have to obtain real results for regular people and do so ona consistent basis. Anyone can lurein new business, but few are able toprovide members what it is that drovethem to join a fitness facility to beginwith: significant physical improvement, i.e., a radical decrease in bodyfat and a dramatic increase in leanmuscle mass.1-800-344-3404Performance Press / February 2010
Meral ErtuncJOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSher facts straight about“real training and realnutrition.”It was no coincidencethat when she begantraining and preparing with this squad oftopflight competitivebodybuilders (in theWashington DC area)she was introduced toParrillo PerformanceProducts. “I have beenusing Parrillo productssince 1991 and sincethen not a single dayhas gone by where Ihave not used one oranother of John’s amazing products. I am moreenthused about ParrilloProducts now than I wasback when I was competing.” Within a yearof becoming a competitive bodybuilder, Ms.Photo by Evelisse Duran Ertunc shot to the topof the national female“In a lot of ways, I am in the best shapebodybuildingscene.of my life at age 47.”She captured the Washdifferences.” Meral not only talks theington DC IFBB Grand Prix event,talk, she walks the walk. At age 47took a controversial third place at theshe is “in the best shape of my life.”NPC Junior Nationals in 1991, andThis is saying something becauseseemed on her way to IFBB superstar“back in the day” Meral was a carddom when a freak accident temporarcarrying IFBB professional and oneily derailed her bodybuilding career.of America’s finest female bodybuild“In 1992 I was preparing to auditioners. Ms. Ertunc was so geneticallyfor the then popular American Gladipredisposed towards bodybuildingator TV Show. I took a nasty tumblethat she captured the Virginia Stateriding my mountain bike and brokeNPC title after only six months ofmy elbow.” The indomitable mightyweight training. “I was such a neomite was forced to take a year offphyte,” Meral remembers, “I knewand rehabbed and reconditioned hernothing about bodybuilding or trainbroken elbow. She reentered the coming or nutrition; yet my genetics and apetitive arena with a vengeance andbit of elementary dieting allowed mewon the nation’s toughest amateurto capture a really big title in my firstbodybuilding competition: the NPCcompetition.” As a result of her auspiNational Championships. “It wascious initial outing, Meral fell in withshocking and exhilarating to comea crew of “real bodybuilders.” She gotoff a potentially career-ending injury February 2010 / Performance Pressand win the biggest amateur competition in the country.” She secured oneof her ultimate bodybuilding goals:an IFBB Pro Card. Meral went on tocompete in top competitions including Ms. Olympia and the Jan Tanaand Arnold Classic. Unfortunatelyfor the uber-feminine Meral, women’s bodybuilding was undergoing anidentity crisis, one that plagues it tothis day: competitors became ultramasculine. Meral noted wistfully, “Ididn’t leave competitive bodybuilding, it left me.”While Meral got better with everyshow, her look was decidedly feminine, natural, proportioned and darewe say sexy. The hard masculine lookthat was favored by the judges meantMeral Ertunc was SOL. The age ofthe grotesquely muscular femalePhoto by Stephanie Caits“People are shocked and amazed whenthey find out I am 47. I feel as if I am inmy twenties. I owe it all to bodybuilding& the bodybuilding e provided mewith knowledge and expertise that I still use tothis day.”fully she has been cancer-free for thepast fourteen years. “The bout withcancer served as a demarcation point:my life up until the cancer and my lifepost-cancer.” Fast forward to 2010 andMeral is as sexy and lean and muscular as ever. “In a lot of ways, I am inthe best shape of my life at age 47.”One glance at the photos accompanying this article leads one to believethat when Ms. Ertunc relocated toFlorida she must have discovered theFountain of Youth that Ponce de Leonfruitlessly searched for back in 1505.Meral currently weighs 115 poundsof pure muscle carrying an honest11% body fat percentile. “People areshocked and amazed when they findout I am 47. I feel as if I am in mytwenties. I owe it all to bodybuilding and the bodybuilding lifestyle.”To demonstrate just how youthfulshe looks, acts and feels, this pastUnfortunately in 1996Meral contracted cancer.“I was in the best shapeof my life. I won the nationals weighing 114 andthen added size to compete as a pro weighing afull 126 pounds. I wasin rock hard and rippedPhoto by Stephanie Caitscondition. I was on myMeral frosting some Parrillo Hi-Protein Cakes way to Turkey to puton an exhibition whenI was diagnosed and had surgery albodybuilder had arrived and whilemost immediately.” Her world wasthe judges were ignoring Meral, theturned upside down. “Suddenly I waspublic was going crazy for the exoticno longer worried about contest prepTurk. “I was modeling clothes and inaration and judging standards, I washigh demand; each year I would sellworried about life and death.” Thankcompletely out of my posters at the annual Daytona Bike week. The publicloved my look while the judges werefavoring women with 16 inch arms.”Meral moved to Florida in 1992. Initially she was “just visiting” and theplan was to immerse herself in bodybuilding for the NPC show then moveback to DC. “I was living in suburban Washington DC when I decidedto take a sabbatical and go to Floridafor three full months prior to the NPCNationals. I wanted to ‘hibernate,’ todedicate myself completely to preparing for the NPC show. I told myselfthat this was a learning experienceand that if I could place in the topfive I would be ecstatic. I ended upwinning and turning pro. I decided torelocate to Florida and soon was traveling the world competing. Turningpro caused me to take my physiqueand my approach to the next level.Pro bodybuilding taught me willpower, preparation tactics, fine tuning and the meaning of real work andPhoto by Stephanie Caitsreal dieting. I learned a whole lot inMeral in front of the SoBeFit’s Fittest Person of the Yeara very short period of time and thecompetition poster. She’s the 2nd on the right.whole professional bodybuilding ex-www.parrillo.com1-800-344-3404Performance Press / February 2010
Meral ErtuncJOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSPhoto by Stephanie Caits“I spend a lot of time showing clients how to prepare great tasting foods.”November, on a whim, Meral entereda 13.1 mile half marathon. “I was inMiami visiting and saw that therewas going to be a half-marathon roadrace. I decided to enter despite nothaving trained for it. I averaged 8:44minutes per mile for 13.1 consecutivemiles. I did fantastic, finishing aheadof lots of men. Inside the race packetI found a magazine called SoBeFit.The magazine was running a competition called ‘The Fittest Person of theYear.’ I decided to enter.”Photo by Stephanie Caits“Once they are empowered with theability to make meals, meals thatthey genuinely enjoy eating,results occur rapidly.” Meral had to fill out a three pagequestionnaire that delved into herbackground, her credentials and herknowledge about health, fitness andall things related. In addition she hadto send along a picture. Out of 3,000initial entrants the magazine whittled the contestants down to the top500. Meral made the initial cut andmonths went by and she forgot aboutthe contest. “Out of the blue I received a phone call informing me thatI was being considered for the finals.”February 2010 / Performance PressThirty men and women were gathered together and put through a “brutal workout” overseen by the SoBeFitjudges. The judges found it incomprehensible that someone could be sofit and so good looking approachingage 50. Had the judges alone been thefinal arbiters Meral likely would havewon. The judge’s scores were talliedand that accounted for half of the final score. The magazine readers wereallowed to vote online for the secondhalf of the final tally. “All the othercompetitors were in their twenties. Iwas thrilled to make the final cut andend up in the top twelve.” The winnerwas announced at a red carpet eventsponsored by SoBeFit. A slew of celebrities attended. “It was thrillingto attend the finale. I was glad I hadentered and happy that I did so well.”Meral feels that the main reason shelooks so good at her age is her ‘takeno prisoners’ approach towards training: “I train hard and I train all thetime.” She follows a disciplined, Parrillo-based approach towards nutrition and supplementation. “John Parrillo is a genius and his products arethe absolute best available anywhere.I use them and I insist my clients usethem.”Meral is a skilled cook that loves preparing delicious “diet foods.” Shemixes commonsense food prep withan eye towards infusing diet foodswith terrific taste. “If you hate eatingdiet foods then it is just a matter oftime before you quit.” It is no coincidence that Meral has a kitchen inher training studio. “I spend a lot oftime showing clients how to preparegreat tasting foods. Once they areempowered with the ability to makemeals, meals that they genuinelyenjoy eating, results occur rapidly.”Meral uses Parrillo nutritional strategies on each and every client. “Myapproach is pure Parrillo; eat multiplebalanced meals throughout the day;1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.comeach meal should contain a serving oflean protein, some fiber carbs in theform of green vegetables and a smallserving of starchy carbs. In betweenfood meals I urge clients to consumeParrillo supplements.” Meral has herclients maintain a food log. She periodically takes a Parrillo BodyStatreading to determine the effectiveness of the training and eating. “I create grocery lists of acceptable foodsand have sample meal plans based oncaloric intake.” Meral doesn’t wantclients to improvise. “Nutrition is90% of the battle and my Parrillo-influenced methods work; the last thingthey need is modification.” Meral hasbeen so successful at renovatingclients that she is extremely selective about who she will workwith. “I will turn down a newclient if I feel they are less than100% committed to ‘the process.’I am only interested in workingwith sincere individuals that areready, willing and able to completely commit to the practicesand procedures that I use; procedures that work every single timethey are properly implemented.”Meral Ertunc cranks out renovated physiques with the regularity of an auto assembly line. Anyclient that stumbles into Body byMeral seeking assistance islucky beyond belief. “I lovewhat I do and I remain passionate about helping othershelp themselves.”Meral ’sTraining SplitMonday: legs, shoulders, biceps,abdominals and calvesTuesday: legs and abdominalsWednesday: legs, back and bicepsThursday: repeat MondayFriday: repeat TuesdaySaturday: repeat WednesdaySunday: offFor lower body exercises, I do20-30 reps and for upper bodyexercises I do 20 reps.Photo by Stephanie CaitsMeral feels that the main reason shelooks so good at her age is her ‘take noprisoners’ approach towards training:“I train hard & I train all the time.”www.parrillo.comCardio: I love cardio. On Monday I like to take a five to sixmile run. On Tuesday I ride myspin bike for 60 to 75 minutes.On Wednesday I will run again,this time stretching to six to eightmiles. On Thursday and FridayI will Spin for 45-60 minutes.Saturday I will take a long runof eight to ten miles or cycle for50 to 60 miles. Sunday is my restand recovery day.1-800-344-3404Photo by Stephanie CaitsMeral ’sDaily Meal ScheduleMeal 1 7:00am: Egg white Omelet,100 grams of potato or ½ cup OatsMeal 2 9:30am: Parrillo Cup Cake Meal 3 11:00am: Tofu 200 grams, 3cups mixed veggies, 1½ cups cookedmultigrain riceMeal 4 1:30pm: Parrillo Chew Bar Meal 5 3:30pm: 2 cups of salad, 125grams of chicken, 1 cup of cooked riceMeal 6 6:00pm: Repeat meal 5 exceptprotein is 150 grams of TilapiaMeal 7 8:30pm: Egg white omeletmade with lots of veggiesMeal 8 10:00pm: Parrillo Ice Kreem ,1 cupPerformance Press / February 2010
JOHN PARRILLO’S PERFORMANCE PRESSTA BODYBUILDER IS BORN: Generationshe holidays were upon usat last. Spirits were high allaround. A monster of a blizzard had dumped a foot and a half ofthe light, fluffy stuff on my town onDecember 20th, ensuring thatall-important White Christmas Big Crosby sang about.As for the Blue Christmas inthe Elvis song, we even hadthat covered with the releaseof the blockbuster film Avatar, with blue aliens in 3-D.The snow itself had indeedbeen light and fluffy. WhileI still had to spend a total ofaround five hours shovelingout my driveway, at least Ihadn’t wrecked my lowerback tossing hundreds ofshovel’s worth of it over thesix-foot fence into my neighbor’s yard (hey, more snowfor your little brats to cavortin, buddy!). When I havedone the same with heavy,wet snow, I often woke upthe next day with my backfeeling like I had participated in some marathon deadlift workout of 50 sets of 20reps.“We have have a tendency tobecome set in our ways.”It was only Christmas Eve, but I already knew what my present was– a 55-inch flat-screen which wouldbe the star of my new home theater, which was taking the place ofthe old ordinary TV room. I figuredsince usually I have to wait aboutsix months for a movie to come outon DVD/Blu-Ray to see it unless it’sthrough in the theater? My man cavewasn’t done yet. The new leather sectional sofa was going to be deliveredafter the walls and ceiling were completely remodeled – that would be mywife’s idea. But I can’t complain. Iget my ridiculous TV, and the valueof our house goes up every time weremodel something like the bathroom10something I can take my 10-year-oldson to, I might as well watch it instyle and in the best quality possible.Oh, I earned this – do you know howmany stupid kid’s movies I have satFebruary 2010 / Performance Pressor kitchen. Why, in the current realestate market, my house is now almost worth as much as we paid for itover eight years ago! The market hasto come back eventually. Hell, evenbell-bottoms did that.My sole client Jared had juststarted his school Christmasvacation less than two hoursbefore, but here he was inthe gym with me. Our highschool football team hadfinished with a dismal record of 1-10 for the seasonon Thanksgiving Day. Therewas occasion to give thanks– at least that humiliatingseason had ended and theycould all look forward todoing better next year. Inthe interest of time, it being Christmas Eve and thegym closing early, Jaredwas simply training withme as I did my own chestand triceps workout. In justa few hours, I would be atmy sister-in-law’s house forher annual party. In addition to a house packed withCubans and Puerto Ricansand salsa music loud enoughto make your ears bleed, there wouldbe an abundance of food and drink.I planned on doing some real damage there in both departments, butfirst I needed to make sure Jared gota great workout. He had his heart seton competing next summer in a localshow, and my job was to make surehe looked the best he possibly could.1-800-344-3404www.parrillo.combetween sets. The pumps were outAs for me, I had not taken any timerageous, and I was connecting peroff from the weights since the Teamfectly with the muscles even though IUniverse contest, and I certainlywasn’t even attempting to emphasizehadn’t taken a break in the six monthsthe contraction point of the rep as Ipreceding it – which meant the wholenormally do. The one thing that madeyear I had been mercilessly blastingme decide that this style of trainingaway with heavy iron. Acouple weeks ago I hadfinally recognized that Ineeded to back off for aweek or two. My arthritic shoulders were starting to ache again and thetendonitis in my perpetually inflamed right elbow was the worst it hadbeen in a very long time.At first I considered aweek off from liftingand only doing cardio.That was pondered all often seconds and rejected.I love training too muchto stop even for a week.So I reached a compromise with my stubborn self. I would uselighter weights, higherreps, stop all sets shy offailure, and reduce theoverall volume. I woulddo that for two weeksin lieu of not lifting atall. That would givemy joints and tendons a“A simple change like increasingchance to heal up a little,can shock the muscles.”and provide me time todo a bit more cardio. Iwould be something I would havehad bulked up to 235 pounds in lessto include in the future was whenthan three months after competingmy biceps got sore from four sets ofat 198, and the extra weight had mefifteen on incline dumbbell curls. Isnoring so bad it sounded like somehad abandoned the exercise a coupleinsane lumberjack was sawing logsyears ago because it killed my wristsin my bedroom all night. The wifeand pulled on my shoulders in a weirdwasn’t too pleased with this.way. That had been with 45’s or 50’sfor sets of 6-8 reps. Staying with 25’sBut a funny thing happened duringfor four sets, my wrists and shouldersthat first week. I actually enjoyed thehigher reps and taking shorter restsfelt fine – but my biceps were on fire!www.parrillo.com1-800-344-3404They even got sore the next day, ararity for them. I was sold.I was now in my second week ofthat, and of course Jared just had toknow why I was doing weights thathe himself could almost handle. Andwhy was I doing sets of15 reps today, when Ihad instilled in him that8-12 was the optimalrange for growth? After explaining that I wastaking a break from mynormal heavy train
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